EARTHQUAKES VOLCANO

The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth’s surface is called an __________________

• tsunami

• earthquake

• volcano

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Liquid magma that reaches the surface is called _____________

• magma

• fault

• lava

• hot spot

A molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water, from the mantle is called _____________________

• magma

• lava

• hot spot

• dormat

A weak spot in the crust where magma has come to the surface is called _____________________

• hot spot

• lava

• volcano

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A break in Earth’s crust along which rocks move is called ___________

• stress

• compression

• dormat

• fault

A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor is called __________________

• earthquake

• volcano

• tsunami

• fault

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake’s focus called ________________

• seismic waves

• fault

• epicenter

• seismic center

The device that converts the energy in the different waves from an earthquake is called a _____________________.

• seismogram

• seismograph

• seismometer

• seismoteller